THURSDAY, MAY 12, 2022
TEXT: Acts
10:1-16
1. Now
at Caesarea [Maritima] there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion of what was
known as the Italian Regiment,
2. a
devout man and one who, along with all his household, feared God. He made many
charitable donations to the Jewish people, and prayed to God always.
3.
About the ninth hour (3:00 p.m.) of the day he clearly saw in a vision an angel
of God who had come to him and said, “Cornelius!”
4.
Cornelius was frightened and stared intently at him and said, “What is it, lord
(sir)?” And the angel said to him, “Your prayers and gifts of charity have
ascended as a memorial offering before God [an offering made in remembrance of
His past blessings].
5. Now
send men to Joppa and have them call for a man named Simon, who is also called
Peter [and invite him here];
6. he
is staying with Simon the tanner, whose house is by the sea.”
7.
When the angel who was speaking to him had gone, Cornelius called two of his
servants and a devout soldier from among his own personal attendants;
8. and
after explaining everything to them, he sent them to Joppa.
9. The
next day, as they were on their way and were approaching the city, Peter went
up on the roof of the house about the sixth hour (noon) to pray,
10. but
he became hungry and wanted something to eat. While the meal was being prepared
he fell into a trance;
11. and
he saw the sky opened up, and an object like a great sheet descending, lowered
by its four corners to the earth,
12. and
it contained all kinds of four-footed animals and crawling creatures of the
earth and birds of the air.
13. A
voice came to him, “Get up, Peter, kill and eat!”
14. But
Peter said, “Not at all, Lord, for I have never eaten anything that is common
(unholy) and [ceremonially] unclean.”
15. And
the voice came to him a second time, “What God has cleansed and pronounced
clean, no longer consider common (unholy).”
16.
This happened three times, and then immediately the object was taken up into
heaven.
(Amplified
Holy Bible)
TOPIC: CORNELIUS’
ENCOUNTER WITH AN ANGEL
Cornelius was a Roman
soldier, a devout, God-fearing, generous, and prayerful man. He was told by an
angel of the Lord that his prayers and gifts to the poor had been received by
God as an offering.
Ordinarily, now Jew would
expect to see a Gentile receive any type of revelation from God but God had to
allow that revelation to show His love for everyone He created. God
specifically made Peter realize this by telling him not to call and regard
anything He has made clean as unclean.
Through the love of Christ,
Cornelius became part and parcel of the Body of Christ because he loved the
Lord.
QUESTION: Do
your activities please God?
PRAYER: May
my ways be acceptable unto You, my Lord and my God, in Jesus name, Amen.
Remain
Blessed
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